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Not everything that can be counted counts.
And not everything that counts can be counted.

About me.

I know enough to know that at 04.00am it gets dark out on the streets. It has done this for the last twenty odd years, to my knowledge and will probably continue for the forseeable future. At some stage in this ‘future’ I shall retire and probably won’t give a damn if it still gets dark at 04.00am. Until then I shall be out there, somewhere, lurking in the shadows because someone, somewhere will be doing stuff they shouldn’t and then, well then I will introduce myself. In the meanwhile I shall try to remain sane and remember why I joined in the first place and try to ignore all the people who piss me off by making the job more complicated than it should be.

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C.T.C. Constabulary.

A Strategic Community Diversity Partnership.
We are cutting bureaucracy and reducing the recording of target and monitoring related statistics.
Our senior leaders will drive small, economical cars from our fleet surplus to save money to invest in better equipment for our frontline response officers.
We are investing money to reinstate station canteens for the benefits of those 24/7 response officers.
We have a pursuit policy. The message is that if you commit an offence and use a vehicle, we will follow you and stop you if necessary. It is your duty to stop when the lights and sirens are on.
We take account of the findings of the Force questionnaire and are reducing the administration and management levels and returning these officers to frontline response duties.
We insist on a work-life balance.
We have no political masters.
We are implimenting selection processes that take account of an individuals skills and proven abilities for the job. Our senior leaders will have one foot in reality and still possess the operational Policing skills they have long forgotton about and seldom used. All ranks are Police Officers first and specialists second.
We will impliment career development and performance evaluation monitoring of our leaders by those officers who operate under that leadership.
The most important role is that of Constable. All other roles are there to positively support the role and the responsibility of Constable and the duties performed.

Whichendbites

“We trained very hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising. It can be a wonderful method of creating the illusion of progress while creating confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.”......Petronius

Just so.

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

Reality.

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

Rank V’s Responsibility

Don't confuse your idea of how important you are with the responsibility of your role.

Meetings.

If you had to identify, in one word, why we will never achieve our full potential, Meetings would be that word.

There is always a bigger picture.

When there is no answer to your problem, there is always deflection from the need to justify giving an answer.

A Nottinghamshire police dog handler is facing prosecution after two dogs died when they were left in a car. The German Shepherdswere left in the handler’s car at Nottinghamshire Police headquarters on June 30.

Temperatures approached 30C that day in Arnold on the outskirts of Nottingham. On the afternoon the officer had gone into the station, with his car allegedly parked a short distance from a new £300,000 kennels complex.

The officer in question has been suspended and an internal inquiry is being conducted.

The RSPCA said: “Legal proceedings will be brought against the Nottinghamshire police officer for causing unnecessary suffering to the two animals.”

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I was mortified at the time about this but was very careful about passing judgement not knowing the circumstances, I trust now the RSPCA are involved there is a case to answer, in which case it’s totally inforgiveable…x

A very sad incident all round, the death of two dogs, and an experienced police dog handler who probably is quite uspet about the whole thing. I wont judge his actions ,dog handlers I have met always put the welfare of their dog first, but would question what sort of kennels complex are built at the cost of £300,000. Even if Notts have 50 dogs going through training at any given time, that is alot per kennel.
I believe police dogs once trained live with their handlers, perhaps you can clarify that one Which end

I find the whole thing very odd, to be honest. I’ve been watching “Send in the dogs” on ITV London and there’s a real bond between dogs and handlers. Still reluctant to judge until the whole story comes out (presumably at the trial).

Knee jerk reaction from me I am sorry, let’s wait and see what happens but unfortunately it now appears to have been a very unfortunate accident, I never for one minute thought it was deliberate though…he must be going the hell!

If there can be any good result at all from this SO tragic case, perhaps it will be in the form of a warning to every dog owner, that if it can happen to the hallowed police dog patrols, then it can happen to ANYONE.

The weather this year has not been the hottest on record, but let everyone take note…… in July & August, if and when the rain ever stops, the sun up above those clouds is HOT and the temperature inside a car can rise at a ridiculous rate.

Dr Mel. The restraint will be as normal and the same fairness will not extend as with other defendants because other defendants do not have to cope with two bites of the same cherry with the discipline side waiting ion the wings to follow in the wake of other proceedings when they finish. Internal inverstigations are thorough and it is a pity that all crimes do not get the same treatment. As ever the media seek to pre-judge and grab that little bit extra for having that exclusive headline to set themselves above the competition. As with all offenders, innocent until proven. We may be heartened or struggling or we may simply not like it but, it is a fact we are all aware of.

We are talking about a professional police dog handler here whose life in the line of duty, would have depended on his dog at times. These dogs would have defended him no matter what, no questions asked. They deserved to be treated with the utmost respect. Nobody in their right mind especially a professional dog handler, would have left these dogs in a car on one of the hottest days in years, to suffer the fate of being roasted alive.
There was a deliberate attempt to hide this officers identity – we wonder why!
If he had come clean and expressed his regret and remorse, things may have been different.
I have had many shepherds over the years and I have NEVER EVER left any of them in a car unattended during hot weather. Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows this can be fatal to a dog.
If he had left 2 of his colleagues or 2 suspects in a locked car to die, he would be facing a manslaughter charge.
In effect, these 2 dogs were ‘serving police officers’ and he and he alone was responsible for their deaths. There simply are no excuses.

I see he has opted for a ‘poor me’ defence after legal consultation.
I work for 15 years as a police officer.
He has gone for the ‘wibble clause’ defence as it is commonly called in those circles.
It prevents a direct proving of ‘willful’ or ‘negligent’ act due to overwhelming mental issues but not to the point where he should’ve been removed from duty.
My own view is that he treated the dogs like rubbish and should be required to resign having brought discredit upon the force.
But now The Job won’t get rid of him as he’ll sue them for ‘letting him down’ as he has mental health problems that the court has said they failed to support him with.
It stinks of game playing to prevent a wanker facing up to his actions.
If it were a member of the public it’d be different.

Now this case has been to Court, it is worth noting that [according to BBC news on line]
District Judge Tim Devas described the incident as “a dreadful error of judgement” and said it had been brought about by an illness that should have been diagnosed and treated properly.